Craving for a sense of belonging is natural when you move your base from one city to another. For Breach Candy-born and raised Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee, 35, who did her schooling in Mumbai before going to School of the Art Institute of Chicago for graduation, it is the sea that helps her feel connected to home. Folmsbee eventually moved to Houston for good about a decade ago. Her childhood memories and diving experiences—she has completed 234 dives in the last 11 years—and her art come together in her latest project, The Aquarius Art Tunnel.

“It is a 240-feet art installation inside a tunnel of the same length at the Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport,” says Folmsbee, who turned a dull grey hallway into an immersive underwater-like experience. Endorsed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Sanctuary in Galveston, the project Aquarius is named after the constellation Aquarius, the water bearer. The final mural features a vibrant underwater life where one can see a wide range of fish, sharks and lobsters. There are also various kinds of corals and worms breathing life into this aquarium-like art installation.